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Real Girl Era: No Burn Books Required
Try as I might, every year I try to avoid, like the absolute plague, the mind-numbing sound of those four little words… “I’VE GOT A...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Aug 212 min read


The 3AM Wake-Up Call: Surviving Corporate Gaslighting
3:00am 4:30am 2:00am 5:30am Doesn't matter what time it is, the anxiety inducing memories of a past life in which corporate gaslighting...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Aug 105 min read


What I learnt from the lake in the mountains
It’s a crisp, Saturday morning in late February. The mist is delicately sitting over the silent Welsh fields that surround our quaint...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Mar 26, 20246 min read


Period Poverty
I’m going to start with a phrase from vulnerability Queen, Brene Brown – FFT’s…Fucking First Times. All those who menstruate have had...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Feb 28, 20243 min read


Fashion or Facade?
After a recent visit to a women in business and tech conference I was struck by the appearance of the female speakers giving the keynotes...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Feb 22, 20243 min read


What my legs did for me
It’s a warm Monday morning in October. It’s early and I’m on the way to London for work on a slow running train. The biggest event of the...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Oct 24, 20232 min read


Kissing Corporate Frogs
We are all familiar with the phrase “you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your Prince”, we have seen it play out in many a fairytale...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Jan 17, 20234 min read


Be your own PR Director
Whilst in one of my first Marketing Executive roles for a major UK IT distributor – my manager told me – “Always do your own PR Nicola...

Nicola Upe Glenn
May 19, 20213 min read


Book Review: ‘Untamed’, Glennon Doyle
I started reading ‘Untamed’ off the back of listening to Brene Brown’s podcast, ‘ Unlocking Us ‘. I am only half way through the book...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Apr 25, 20213 min read


‘Text me when you get home’
I can’t begin to tell you how many times myself or a friend have said this to one another. Whether that was after a date, an office...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Mar 25, 20213 min read


Women in Tech
I was recently asked to take part in a business roundtable discussion to examine gender stereotyping and how we can get more women and...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Mar 7, 20213 min read


A snip too far?
As you can imagine, the US has very similar challenges to the UK in terms of equal pay, women in leadership and intersectionality. For...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Mar 3, 20212 min read


We, the women
You may or may not know, but the legal system of the USA is quite the maze to navigate. There are amendments, laws, the supreme court,...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Feb 24, 20212 min read


The Naked Truth
After recently watching a BBC iPlayer documentary on revenge porn , I became so angered by our current patriarchal society which has yet...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Feb 17, 20213 min read


What’s in a name?
Surely a woman, regardless of title, would be as fierce? After having a meltdown in Debenhams when a shop assistant dared to put me down...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Don’t ask, don’t get
A phrase my darling Grandma used to say often. A short (4ft 11″) fierce northern powerhouse who, with her mainly green attire and walking...

Nicola Upe Glenn
Feb 3, 20213 min read
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